sixrings
Senior Member
The problem appears to be that I do not think there will ever be an easy way to get people to commute far distances unless we make teleporters which is highly unlikely. At a certain point one must realize that the position is simply too far without moving. There are jobs I would like in Calgary but I recognize that it is too far to commute to. Although I do know a person who owns his own plane and lives in Muskoka and commutes to Toronto airport daily. Anyways for us mere mortals who are trying to do this on transit, it is simply impossible. Transit can only do so much. Smart track on Eglinton west is not going to all of a sudden make more jobs significantly easier to get to than a ROW LRT on Eglinton West. The LRT would do the same job for a fraction of the cost and may take a few more minutes. This is the Gardner Expressway debate all over again and I find it unfortunate if Tory loses the ST plan on Eglinton West that there is no guarantee a LRT will be built. That would be like, well we cant afford the hybrid option so screw the boulevard option as well.True.
I made my previous post because my father had the ideal job opportunity in Guelph recently, and as we found out, there is no easy or practical way to commute there by transit or car in less than 2h.
I dream of the day where the labor market of the GTA, Hamilton, K-W-G and Barrie are all inter-connected. Where it won't be an odd thing for someone from Hamilton or Kitchener to commute for work to Toronto or Markham and vice versa.